diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e7ed271c..887c9214 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "@atomist/slack-messages": "1.1.1",
     "@semantic-release/error": "2.2.0",
     "aggregate-error": "3.0.1",
-    "debug": "4.1.1",
+    "debug": "4.3.1",
     "node-emoji": "1.10.0",
     "node-fetch": "2.6.13",
     "read-pkg-up": "5.0.0"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d93d13ae..87a90f53 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2138,13 +2138,20 @@ debug@3.1.0:
   dependencies:
     ms "2.0.0"
 
-debug@4, debug@4.1.1, debug@^4.0.0, debug@^4.0.1, debug@^4.1.0, debug@^4.1.1:
+debug@4, debug@^4.0.0, debug@^4.0.1, debug@^4.1.0, debug@^4.1.1:
   version "4.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.1.1.tgz#3b72260255109c6b589cee050f1d516139664791"
   integrity sha512-pYAIzeRo8J6KPEaJ0VWOh5Pzkbw/RetuzehGM7QRRX5he4fPHx2rdKMB256ehJCkX+XRQm16eZLqLNS8RSZXZw==
   dependencies:
     ms "^2.1.1"
 
+debug@4.3.1:
+  version "4.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-4.3.1.tgz#f0d229c505e0c6d8c49ac553d1b13dc183f6b2ee"
+  integrity sha512-doEwdvm4PCeK4K3RQN2ZC2BYUBaxwLARCqZmMjtF8a51J2Rb0xpVloFRnCODwqjpwnAoao4pelN8l3RJdv3gRQ==
+  dependencies:
+    ms "2.1.2"
+
 debug@^2.2.0, debug@^2.3.3:
   version "2.6.9"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-2.6.9.tgz#5d128515df134ff327e90a4c93f4e077a536341f"
@@ -6146,7 +6153,7 @@ ms@2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.0.0.tgz#5608aeadfc00be6c2901df5f9861788de0d597c8"
   integrity sha1-VgiurfwAvmwpAd9fmGF4jeDVl8g=
 
-ms@^2.0.0, ms@^2.1.1:
+ms@2.1.2, ms@^2.0.0, ms@^2.1.1:
   version "2.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.2.tgz#d09d1f357b443f493382a8eb3ccd183872ae6009"
   integrity sha512-sGkPx+VjMtmA6MX27oA4FBFELFCZZ4S4XqeGOXCv68tT+jb3vk/RyaKWP0PTKyWtmLSM0b+adUTEvbs1PEaH2w==